As a self proclaimed claysmith, I act as a midwife in the birthing of all things CLAY - beads, cups, pots, trays and rattles - which speak not only of the maker but the user and the society where the art of clay is permitted to flourish.

More Carved Hollow Beads...

Four More...

The Ocean Bowl

Print-to-Pot Album

Box Turtle Tray

A new glaze called Peridot from Stone Mountain Clay which when fired on the 266 brown clay, reminds me of the coloration of a box turtle.

Paisleaf Pitcher

Compliment to the Paisleaf pot.

Patchwork Pot

The 50th Anniversary Show of the COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER CLAY GUILD - This pot was impressed with my own carved stamping blocks and finished with Jade glaze then accented with natural leather and clay disc beads.

Armed & Dangerous

Falls Creek Shino Bottle

Paisleaf Sugar Bowl/Pot

Pisces Rattle Bead

When Leslie Pope returned this bead to me unsold, I immediately made it into an adorned rattle with found wood handle.

Raccoon Tail Rattle

A decorative pillow rattle accented with red glaze and sea glass haging from a found wood handle.

Amore Canister

This piece was patterned with my hand carved 2" square stamping blocks and accented with wax resist lines while glazing. It is 9 - 10" tall and about 6" round; even the inside of the lid has been glazed with a pattern!

Dome Lidded Lattice Leaf Vessel

Egyptian Bowl

BEST IN SHOW (from Bucks County Guild of Craftsmen in honor of Palmer Sharpless, Yellow Breeches Guild in honor of Roy Dewalt & the Haverford Guild of Craftsmen) awarded to the Egyptian Bowl, Edges and Borders, The Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen Lancaster Fine Craft Show November 2010.